Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2010] All ER (D) 186 (Jan)
Neutral Citation: [2010] EWCA Civ 21
Court: Court of Appeal, Civil Division
Judge:

Thorpe and Wall LJJ

Representation Dorothy Seddon for the mother.
  The father was not represented and did not attend.
Judgment Dates: 28 January 2010

Catchwords

Family proceedings - Orders in family proceedings - Order prohibiting parties disclosing documents filed in proceedings - Father applying to commit mother - Judge finding mother breaching order and imposing £100 fine - Whether judge erring.

The Case

Family proceedings Orders in family proceedings. The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, set aside a committal order made during the course of family proceedings concerning contact of the parties' children, on the basis that, inter alia, the order had not included a penal notice.

Practice Areas

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